Week 34 - 3rd Week of April
Items Needed: Bible
Worksheets: Choose the letters or numbers that need review, Full Name, Phone Number & Address, Visual Perception Worksheets, ABCJLM Tracing Worksheets, ABC Maze, Farm Cutting Activity
CD: Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 1
Activities: Shallow plastic cups (0-20), small items to fill cups, tying shoelaces, bat, large ball, tweezers or tongs, one over-ripe banana, one nice banana
Games: Alphabet or Number Memory, Pragmatic Activity
Books: The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Teasing
Character Trait: Kindness
Definition: Being gentle, friendly, courteous; sharing without complaining; being generous; helping others in need; being sensitive to other's feelings
Opposite: Mean, selfish, rude, hurtful
Big Thoughts for Little People: Letter K
Bible Story: Jesus Washes Disciples Feet
Scripture: John 13:3-30
The Beginner's Bible
Through the Bible Felt: pg 219
Verse: Luke 6:31 - Do to others as you would have them do to you.
Bible Song: “Do to Others” – Steve Green – Hide 'Em in Your Heart Vol. 1 - #2
Information: Writing full name, phone number, & address
Math: Tying shoelaces
Numbers: Writing numbers 0-20
Letters: Writing letters Aa-Mm
Ideas:
• ABC Maze - Lowercase
• Farm Cutting Activity - Print and cut out the barnyard scene
• Play Alphabet and/or Number Memory.
Say the name, sound, or word that begins with that letter.
• Writing:
Write letters (Aa-Mm), numbers (0-20), full name, phone number, and address. Use the Learning to Write page to help judge the correct level of difficulty for your child.
• Fruit of the Spirit (reprinted with permission)
Preparation: For the story, bring in a ripe banana that looks really yummy and a rotten banana.
Say: If I offered you this piece of fruit (holding up the rotten banana), would you like to eat it? (Let the child answer.) Of course you wouldn't. This banana is yucky and rotten. We want to throw that banana away. What if I offered you this banana (holding up the ripe banana)? Would you like to eat this one? (Let the child answer). I bet you would like to eat this banana. It is yellow and ripe, and probably tastes really yummy.
Say: Our life is like these two fruits. On one hand, we have people who do bad things and make us feel sad. While on the other hand, we have people who like to do good things, like help others and be nice to others. Which fruit do you think God wants us to be, the rotten banana or the ripe banana? (Let the child answer.)
Say: We have been talking each week about character traits. Let’s think back to some of the ones that we have talked about. (Let the child answer.)
Say: Paul writes in Galatians 5:22–23, "But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control."
Say: Do you notice how several of the character traits that we have been learning about are listed as the Fruits of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22-23? God wants us to be good fruit. Paul talks about the way Christians should treat others and how we should do things that make God happy!
Questions:
- How does God want us to treat other people? (He wants us to be kind and help others.)
- Why don't we want to be rotten bananas? (Rotten bananas are like people who try to hurt others and are not nice to us.)
- Who tells about the Fruit of the Spirit in the Bible? (Paul or the Bible tells us the things we should do to be good to other people.)
• My Young Child Character Education Story - read online for free or print. Be sure to do the discussion and activities for each book.
- Rosa Learns to Be Fair
• Pragmatic Activity
Pragmatics is the study of language in a social setting. Included in the 4 Year Curriculum are suggestions to help a child use language appropriately in social situations. Select one or more of the example pages to discuss.
• Read: 
• Fine Motor Skills:
Using shallow cups, write a number 0-20 on each cup. Have your child fill each cup with the correct number of chocolate chips, buttons, coins, candy, etc. Encourage the child to pick up each item with their thumb and index finger. Set the timer and try to put the small items into a cup in a short amount of time. For additional practice, have the child pick up the small items with a pair of tweezers or tongs. Cosmetic tweezers may be harder to use so consider a plastic sets that come in science or 
• Gross Motor Skills:
Practice batting a ball using a beach ball or other large ball. The larger the ball and bat, the greater chance of accuracy.
• Visual Perception Skill:
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